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Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The past century of massive increases in human population and resource use has seen many undesirable environmental effects, ranging from biodiversity loss to climate change. But a research gap exists, as the ultimate causes are often not described with precision or mentioned at all.
Mark Keegan, Anastasia Pseiridis, Philip Cafaro, Jane O'Sullivan, William Rees, Estelle Monique Sidze, Lawrence Whitmore, Enrique J. Derlindati, Mohammad Mainul Islam, Khaoula Houssini, S. Irudaya Rajan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The future of regional airports in Australia: Policy challenges

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Council‐owned regional airports in Australia face governance challenges that have caused significant financial unsustainability across the sector. Federal policy frameworks fail to address these challenges and risk exacerbating existing pressures by outlining ambitious visions for the adoption of new technologies and achieving net zero.
Linda Wasiela, Michael B. Charles, David Noble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Environmental Impact of Inland Empty Container Movements Within Two-Depot Systems

Applied Sciences
Inefficient inland repositioning of empty containers between depots remains a persistent challenge in container logistics, contributing significantly to unnecessary truck movements, elevated operational costs, and increased CO2 emissions.
Alaa Abdelshafie, May Salah, Tomaž Kramberger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Container Scheduling considering Customer Satisfaction in the Context of Internal Circulation [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
As China’s foreign trade continues to progress, a trade surplus in inland container transportation has emerged. At the same time, businesses need to not only focus on transportation tasks but also prioritize customer service requirements.
Wang Xiangyue
doaj   +1 more source

A Critical Review of a Holistic Model Used for Assessing Multimodal Transport Systems

Logistics, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to present a rigorous and critical review of an established cost/time-distance model. The model offers a perspective on the inter-relationships between transport modes, nodes, methods and cargo volumes, types and forms ...
Anthony K. C. Beresford, Ruth Banomyong, Stephen Pettit   +2 more
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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of lntermodal Technologies on Development of Port System

Promet (Zagreb), 2006
The development of functional and efficient port system requiresthe realization of a common transport system whichwould allow taking advantages of larger areas, lower costs ofrailway traffic and inland wate1way traffic on longer relationsin cooperation ...
Nikolina Brnjac, Dragan Badanjak, Dragica Dalić   +2 more
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300 Years of Degradation in Wales Estuaries and Coasts

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world's oceans are in a severe state of degradation, yet our understanding of that degradation is often based on changes observed only in the past 20–50 years. This narrow view leads to marine conservation efforts that aim to preserve already degraded ecosystems, shaped by shifted ecological baselines.
Richard K. F. Unsworth, Blaise Bullimore, Leanne C. Cullen‐Unsworth, Benjamin L. H. Jones   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empty Container Logistics

Promet (Zagreb), 2012
Within the whole world container traffic, the largest share of containers is in the status of repositioning. Container repositioning results from the need for harmonization between the point of empty container accumulation and the point of demand, and ...
Jakov Karmelić, Čedomir Dundović, Ines Kolanović   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioral, Ecological, and Morphological Data Suggest a Close Relationship Between the Ant Colobopsis truncata and the Gall Wasp Aphelonyx cerricola

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Aphelonyx cerricola and the different stages that make this gall colonizable by ants. ABSTRACT Wasps of the family Cynipidae are known to induce galls of a species‐specific morphology, which during senescence provide a refuge for secondary insect fauna, especially ants.
Daniele Giannetti, Diego Gil‐Tapetado, Enrico Schifani, Elia Nalini, Donato A. Grasso, Carlo Polidori   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source